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1000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 1991-2002 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Woman's head |
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The BCEAO's long-running 1000 Francs series is as much an administrative record as a banknote. The signature combinations across twelve successive years reflect the rotating ministerial appointments of eight different member states — the left-hand signatory changes almost annually, cycling through finance ministers from Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal, and Côte d'Ivoire, while Charles Konan Banny's tenure as BCEAO Governor held the right-hand field from 1994 through 2003, providing unusual continuity across a turbulent decade for the CFA zone.
Alassane Ouattara's appearance on early issues — he held the governorship before departing to serve as Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire in 1990 — makes the 1991–1993 dates particularly notable for collectors tracking his political trajectory before he eventually became president.